Hey folks,
I have noticed that simply having apps installed (without actually running them, especially games) seem to decrease over all battery life.
Anyone else feel this way? Or am I over reacting?
is this why each app has an option to force close? a little piece of code runs in the back ground?
Some apps will turn on themselves without your knowledge. Thus, that is why you're experiencing battery loss. The apps keeps phone awake which prevents it from going to deep sleep to conserve power.
I recommend downloading a application from the play store called "Greenify". Ironic as this may sound this app allows you to detect apps that are running without your permission and you can simply stop them from running without your knowledge. There is an entire thread dedicated to this app.
Link to thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2155737
The app is free in the play store.
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Hi, i am using GS4 (GT-I9500) for about 2 months. I have updated it till the latest firmware available in my country (mg5).
Recently, i have been noticing that my battery juice is being consumed a lot by the "Google Services". I have my location and sync turned off.
Do i need to do any othet settings?
Pleasr help. Thank you.
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susmitpatil said:
Hi, i am using GS4 (GT-I9500) for about 2 months. I have updated it till the latest firmware available in my country (mg5).
Recently, i have been noticing that my battery juice is being consumed a lot by the "Google Services". I have my location and sync turned off.
Do i need to do any othet settings?
Pleasr help. Thank you.
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It is a really annoying issue that has happened to me twice already. I haven't figured out yet the ultimate solution to this problem, but this is what I did both times to "solve" it:
- make sure you have the last version of Google play
- disable location service from Google AND from device options, so neither Google nor any other app can access to location services
- go to device options -> more -> app manager? -> all apps and wipe Google play services data (my interface is not in English so I am not sure about the exact options names. Sorry )
- turn off the phone, wait a few seconds and turn it on again. Some people recommend pulling out the battery a few seconds while the phone is off.
- Turn on the phone and check after an hour if Google services behaves normal (low battery consumption). If everything is Ok, you can try to turn location services on again.
That did the trick for me. I am currently with all location options enabled and wonderful battery life.
If the issue is still there, I can not help you more. I read somewhere that the problem settles down by its own after a few days.. :what: I am not sure of that.
I hope I helped you
So say we all!! from my GT-I9500
Uninstall the update of google play to 4.3.10
The late update is the problem
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I'm running lollipop on my n910c and having problems with battery drain when using mobile data. I didn't have this issue when on kitkat. Leaving mobile data on, even when not using the phone, seems that many apps that use the internet keep draining battery non stop. This doesnt happen when connected on WiFi.
Apps or processes like Google services, Samsung push service, even whatsapp and viber show up in the battery ussage when phone has been not in use most of the time. None of these show when using wifi and the difference in battery drain is huge.
Right now i dont have screenshots but will upload when possible.
I used to keep my mobile data always on. Now only when i really need it.
A friend of mine has an S5 and has the exact same issue after upgrading to lollipop.
Has anyone found a fix for this or am i doing something wrong?
Sorry for long post but i hope to find a solution which may help anyone with this problem and I think there are a lot of them.
Has anyone else had issues with Google Play Music staying active and draining battery after you stop playback? It constantly uses CPU and drains battery even if swiped out of the notification bar. The drain stops only after swiping it out of the recents or force stopping it. It does it using headphones or Bluetooth, streaming or cached music.
This seems to have happened recently, possibly after the latest app update. I have not tested on other Android devices to see if this is specific to the S7E.
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even if swiped out of the notification bar.
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I'm not using Play Music myself, but I can assure you that swiping the notification doesn't necessarily kill an app. So Play Music will probably keep running in the background if not killed through the recent apps list. And because it's a media app, I assume it will also keep the mediaserver alive, which also drains battery.
It's the same for me using Poweramp. Unless I pause the music AND kill it through recent apps it will keep running.
If this is just since an update, they probably changed the behavior when killing the notification from killing the app to not killing the app anymore.
That is just an assumption because it's like I said the same for me and Poweramp.
No this is definitely a new development. I have used Play Music for a few years and it's never been like this.
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It's also draining faster while using Play Music as well. An hour of streaming over WiFi and my battery dropped 20% with media server and play music showing high usage.
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Hmm. Maybe try to downgrade the Play Music app to a couple of versions earlier and turn auto-update off in Google Play, then re-enable it in 2-3 weeks. If it's really caused by an app update, you can use an earlier version for some time to avoid battery drain and update again when a newer version is out.
That's what I'm going to try. I reformatted my micro SD card and cleared cache and that seems to have helped with media server. I uninstalled updates for Play Music and will try that.
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Rolling back to an older version helped slightly, but it still happens. I think it has to do with background syncing with Google servers. I ticked the restrict background data option under data usage in the application manager and that seems to be keeping it in check without affecting streaming.
Check if google is stuck in the sync process. Its a old bug that shouldn't occur anymore, but you never know.
If it is stuck, remove it from device admins, delete data, cache and updates of the app, restart and update it again. Afterwards give it back device admin rights.
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Check if google is stuck in the sync process. Its a old bug that shouldn't occur anymore, but you never know.
If it is stuck, remove it from device admins, delete data, cache and updates of the app, restart and update it again. Afterwards give it back device admin rights.
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Everything is syncing fine. One time I did notice a calendar sync issue, but I switched it of and then back on and it synced fine. I tried turning Google Play Music sync off and that made no difference. However, restricting background data has solved the issues. It has been several days now and its no longer running in the background draining my battery after use.
Its not running fine if it drains less when you restrict the background data. Just because you cant easily see it, doesnt mean theres not something wrong in the background.
Could be another app as well but at least for me, turning off a feature wouldnt really be satisfying.
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Its not running fine if it drains less when you restrict the background data. Just because you cant easily see it, doesnt mean theres not something wrong in the background.
Could be another app as well but at least for me, turning off a feature wouldnt really be satisfying.
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I don't really see it as turning off a feature since everything works as it should with the background data restricted. There have been no issues with streaming or downloading since restricting background data. Obviously something is amiss since that shouldn't be necessary, but for all intents and purposes, it is working now without the battery drain.
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I decided to see if the new version worked without the drain, so I updated to v6.15.3519-0.H and the problem started back up immediately even with background data restricted. I uninstalled updates back to the version included in the firmware, v6.7.2713Z.2790541 and its back to no battery drain.
There is obviously some wakelock keeping the phone from deep sleep in the newer versions. I don't have root and haven't had time to try wakelock detector without root. I may give it a go today and see if I can figure it out.
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neezy13 said:
I decided to see if the new version worked without the drain, so I updated to v6.15.3519-0.H and the problem started back up immediately even with background data restricted. I uninstalled updates back to the version included in the firmware, v6.7.2713Z.2790541 and its back to no battery drain.
There is obviously some wakelock keeping the phone from deep sleep in the newer versions. I don't have root and haven't had time to try wakelock detector without root. I may give it a go today and see if I can figure it out.
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I appear to be having this problem as well. any new developments for you? or recommended play music versions?
neezy13 said:
I decided to see if the new version worked without the drain, so I updated to v6.15.3519-0.H and the problem started back up immediately even with background data restricted. I uninstalled updates back to the version included in the firmware, v6.7.2713Z.2790541 and its back to no battery drain.
There is obviously some wakelock keeping the phone from deep sleep in the newer versions. I don't have root and haven't had time to try wakelock detector without root. I may give it a go today and see if I can figure it out.
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I'm having the same problem with my s7 flat. Play music constantly runs in the background and drains battery (without listening to music). Has anyone found a solution?
Same issue here as well. It's so frustrating to the point where I'm considering going to spotify but there isn't a good way to upload my music collection.
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I'm still having this issue. Restricting background data keeps it in check when I'm out and not on wifi, but if it is open in the background while on wifi, it starts draining. I have tried changing sync settings, cache settings, everything. So far the only way to prevent it is to force close the app when you are not using it.
Yeah this is ridiculous. My screen on time is 20 minutes.
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I'm surprised that there aren't more people flipping out about this. Or do that few of people use Google Play Music?
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Everything is syncing fine. One time I did notice a calendar sync issue, but I switched it of and then back on and it synced fine. I tried turning Google Play Music sync off and that made no difference. However, restricting background data has solved the issues. It has been several days now and its no longer running in the background draining my battery after use.
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Just wondering if your issue is still fixed.
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mjs2011 said:
Just wondering if your issue is still fixed.
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Not really. It is probably minimized to a point where I can live with it, but it still happens. It still has a tendency to drain about 5-10% per day depending on how long I've been on wifi (I have background data restricted to keep it from running on LTE) without me having opened the app. If I force stop it, I can get a few days before it shows back up, unless I actually use it.
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Hello everyone,
since two or three days the battery life of my x compact decreased to a point where I can't get over the day even if the phone is not used.
I'm running the latest 7.0 update and had to factory reset the device after the update (because of a bootloop...). After that I deactivated or deinstalled nearly all preinstalled google or sony apps except the play services and play store.
A few days ago I got a weird message in the play store that my account can't be validated and I have to check my account preferences (this message). So I reactivated some google apps and updated all of them through the now working app store. After that I deactivated them again and everything worked fine.
...except that I now can watch the battery level going down every few minutes while play services is listed as the main battery consumer.
Can anyone help me to fix this? I rebooted, cleared cache from all activated google apps. I don't want to reset my phone again and I also don't want to have all the google apps activated all the time
Thanks in advance!
Wanted to update some apps today but it also says now that it was unable to update the apps without any further information.
Lost 25% battery while driving 35 minutes to work (and without using phone while driving).
Does anyone else have this problem?
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Same situation here, disabling only Play Music and Video (and some Sony apps).
Play services drain 23% of battery
Ok, I found that if I disable Lifelog the Google play services starts to drain battery like crazy. Have you also disabled it?